AGNES DUNCAN CAMPBELL COLLECTION, CA CA. 1920, 1957

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1 Collection # SC 0517 AGNES DUNCAN CAMPBELL COLLECTION, CA CA. 1920, 1957 Collection Information Biographical Sketches Scope and Content Note Contents Cataloging Information Processed by Dorothy A. Nicholson April 2013 Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN

2 COLLECTION INFORMATION VOLUME OF COLLECTION: COLLECTION DATES: PROVENANCE: RESTRICTIONS: 2 manuscript folders 2 folders of photographs 1 cased image Ca ca. 1920s, 1957 Mrs. William Wallace Haughey (nee Irene Test), Los Angeles, CA., 1959, 1960, 1961 None COPYRIGHT: REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. ALTERNATE FORMATS: RELATED HOLDINGS: ACCESSION NUMBER: NOTES: Duncan, Robert B., b or 11. "Old settlers" Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, Reference Room Collection: F521.I41 v. 2, no , , , The gold and coral pin and earrings, and white satin bridal shoes worn by Esther Wallace when she married John Duncan were turned over to the Indiana State Library ca

3 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Agnes Duncan Campbell (29 March Sept. 1959) was the daughter of John S. and Esther Wallace Duncan. John S. Duncan (11 Jan Nov. 1914) was prosecutor of the Criminal Court of Marion County ( ) and member of Smith, Duncan, Hornbrook, and Smith, the oldest law firm in Indianapolis which Duncan formed with Charles W. Smith in John S. Duncan and Esther Wallace ( ) were married on December 24, Esther Wallace was the eldest daughter of William W. Wallace and Cordelia Butler. William W. Wallace was the son of Indiana Governor David Wallace and brother of famed author and Civil War general, Lew Wallace. Dr. John H. Sanders (b. 1791) and his wife Mary (Polly) Chalfant were the grandparents of John S. Duncan. Sources: Materials in the collection SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection contains primarily portraits and genealogical notes collected by Agnes Duncan Campbell. Some of the materials were part of her estate and were donated by her cousin Mrs. William Wallace Haughey, nee Irene Test. Manuscript materials include a news clipping describing the wedding of John Sanders Duncan to Esther Wallace, their wedding invitation with their name cards enclosed, a clipping from the Indianapolis News on the death of Duncan, genealogical notes and a notebook concerning Wallace and Test family genealogies. The photographs include portraits of Dr. John Sanders and his wife Mary (Polly) Chalfant, the grandparents of John S. Duncan, John Sanders Duncan, Esther Wallace, and several photographs of Agnes Duncan Campbell at various ages. Photographs in the collection were taken by Bangs of New York, Eduard F. Drury of New York, Henszey & Co. of Philadelphia, L.D. Judkins, Marceau & Power, Theo. C. Marceau, and Runnion of Indianapolis, and Otto of Paris, France.

4 CONTENTS CONTENTS Marriage Ceremony. Christian Chapel. Tuesday December 24 th 1867, 7 ½ o clock, P.M. [engraved wedding announcement for John S. Duncan and Esther Wallace accompanied by their name cards] CONTAINER [newspaper notice of the wedding, 1867] John S. Duncan, Indianapolis News, Nov. 30, 1914 [newspaper editorial on death of John S. Duncan] Genealogies for the Duncan, Wallace, Sanders, Chalfant, Test, and Boone families, 1957, n.d. Notebook owned by Agnes Duncan Campbell concerning Wallace and Test family genealogy. 15 Photographs of Agnes Duncan Campbell Carte de visite portrait of a young John S. Duncan Cabinet card portrait of middle aged John S. Duncan Photograph portrait of Esther Duncan on white glass, mounted in a metal oval frame, ca Carte de visite portrait of unidentified man possibly John Duncan s father Robert B. Duncan or Ovid Butler Unidentified scrap of a photograph Small wooden and glass picture frame Cased Images Artifacts:

5 Photographs of portrait paintings of John H. Sanders and his wife Mary (Polly) Chalfant, grandparents of John S. Duncan OVA

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